Chapter 9
The team is now at the NCIS building after dropping off Danielle at her Grandparents house. Abby is down in the lab finishing up with some evidence. Gibbs, Ziva and McGee are at their desks writing their reports. Occasionally, Ziva and McGee glance over at Tony's empty desk. Gibbs is sitting at his desk looking down at some papers. Jamie steps off the elevator and immediately walks to the work area. As she passes Ziva's desk, Ziva and McGee look up but try to pretend like they're still working. Gibbs looks up. Jamie walks around her father's desk and stops right by the chair. Gibbs turns his chair in order to face Jamie. They stare at each other for a couple seconds.
"How dare you!" Jamie slaps Gibbs across the face.
Ziva and McGee are now completely shocked at what they've just witnessed.
"We'll talk about this at home." Gibbs stated.
"We're gonna talk about this now!" Jamie exclaimed.
"Interrogation room." Gibbs stands up.
Gibbs and Jamie walk to the interrogation room. Once inside, Gibbs closes the door.
"You're such a stubborn bastard!" Jamie exclaimed.
"I'm not the only stubborn person in this room! I may be a bastard, but you're the one who went behind my back and started dating Tony!"
"What's wrong with Tony!"
"There's a lot of things wrong with Tony! If you want me to list them, we'd be here all night!"
"If there's so much wrong with him, then why'd you keep him around for so long!"
"Cuz he's a damn good agent and I always thought of him as a son!"
"You thought of him as a son?"
"Not anymore. Not since he start shacking up with you."
"We've never had sex!"
"Well at least both of you collaborated well on that part."
"So you don't believe me when I say me and him have never had sex! That's nice! I'm your daughter and you don't even believe me!"
"Like I'm supposed to believe you and him haven't done it! Why don't you just admit you have!"
"How can I admit something we've never done before!"
"He's a womanizer! He goes out with girls just to get laid! Then he'll ditch them before any type of commitment stuff gets brought up! That's the way he is!"
"I know all about that!"
"Then why are you still with him!"
"You obviously don't believe a man can change when the right girl comes along!"
"Not when we're talking about Tony!"
"He respects the fact that I don't wanna have sex right now!"
"I'm sure Tony's very respectful of that."
"There's no need to be a sarcastic butthole! And yes, he completely respects the fact that I don't want to. And that's a good thing! It shows just how much he truly loves me!"
"You love him?"
"Yes… Very much."
"Well, you better unlove him."
"You can't just unlove somebody! Besides, I'm not gonna stop seeing him just cuz you're being an overprotective bastard!"
"I don't wanna see you get hurt!"
"What hurt me is seeing Tony in the hospital with three broken fingers! Now that hurt!"
"He knew the consequences of his actions! I told him to keep his hands off of you!"
"I'm not a little girl! I'm a grown woman who doesn't need you sticking your nose into my life! I can make my own decisions!"
"He's not good enough for you!"
"Why don't you let me be the one who decides who's good enough for me!"
"Cuz you're obviously making a very poor choice!"
"Like you've never made a poor choice in your life!"
"Being with him is a big mistake!"
"Then let me be the one to find out if it truly is a mistake or not! The only way to see if two people are compatible is if they try. Please let us try to see if it'll work. We love each other."
"I know how it'll end up! The whole thing is a big mistake!"
"Then let me make my own mistakes! It's not like you haven't made mistakes before!"
"But it's Tony! If you look up the word, mistake, in a dictionary, you'll see his picture!"
"And what about you! Look up the word, bastard, in a dictionary… Oh what do you know, a picture a you!" Jamie exclaimed. "You talk to me about mistakes! You're the one who chooses, other then mom, the most horrible women to be with! You're the one who has been married three times! You can't even keep a woman happy enough to wanna stay with you! Talk about pathetic!" Jamie sees the expression on her father's face as he looks slightly downward. "That was a low blow. I'm sorry."
Gibbs says nothing. He walks to the door, opens it and leaves the room.
